SB340 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bobby D. Singleton Senator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to the State Board of Midwifery; to amend Sections 34-19-11, 34-19-12, and 34-19-16, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the period during which midwives may provide care after birth; to authorize midwives to provide care in freestanding birth centers; to authorize the board to accept grants and gifts; and to require midwives to administer certain tests.

Description

The practice of midwifery is administered and regulated by the State Board of Midwifery.

This bill would provide that the postpartum period during which midwives provide primary maternity care is six weeks post delivery.

This bill would allow midwives to provide care in freestanding birth centers that are not hospitals.

This bill would allow the board to accept grants and gifts under certain circumstances.

This bill would also require midwives to administer certain post-birth newborn screening tests.

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